Resection Surgery To Control Crohn’s Disease | Dr. Mobley General Surgeon

Resection Surgery To Control Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s disease is more than an inconvenient, uncomfortable inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); it can flare up without warning. During an active period, symptoms can include abdominal tenderness, fever, chronic diarrhea, and pain. When treatments with diet changes or medications have not provided you with relief, your physician may recommend that you have surgery to control…

What is Crohn's Disease?

What Is Crohn’s Disease?

Crohn’s Disease is a form of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, or IBD. Essentially, Crohn’s Disease causes the gastrointestinal tract to be chronically inflamed. Many High Desert patients easily become confused because Crohn’s Disease has similar signs and symptoms of other types of IBD, including ulcerative colitis. However, the part of the gastrointestinal tract that is effected…